"I am appointing the Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty to find ways to educate Texans on their religious liberty rights and to make sure Texans do not have those rights infringed upon.”
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick today created the Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty, to be chaired by Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford. Upon creating the committee, Lt. Gov. Patrick issued the following statement:
“For the past year, I have had the honor of serving as Chairman of President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, D.C. Through the Commission’s important work, I have learned that many Americans, and Texans alike, do not fully understand their God-given religious liberty rights secured under the First Amendment. Today, I am appointing the Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty to find ways to educate Texans on their religious liberty rights and to make sure Texans do not have those rights infringed upon.”
Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty
Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, Chair
Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, Vice Chair
Sen. César Blanco, D-El Paso
Sen. Brent Hagenbuch, R-Denton
Sen. Adam Hinojosa, R-Corpus Christi
Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Tyler
Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock
Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, Vice Chair
Sen. César Blanco, D-El Paso
Sen. Brent Hagenbuch, R-Denton
Sen. Adam Hinojosa, R-Corpus Christi
Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Tyler
Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock
